Title: | Article 4 (5) 6) of the Patent Law of 25/06/1993, as last amended in 1999 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Exclusion from patentability of plants |
Summary table: |
Article 4 - Objects of patents and patentability
5. The following shall not be considered to be inventions:
6) plant varieties and animal breeds arising from biological methods of breeding.
Sub-paragraphs 5) and 6) shall not apply in the case of substances used in conjunction with such methods of treatment and diagnosis or to microbiological methods and products cultivated by such methods.